Episode #444: Ida Lupino's 'The Bigamist' with Hadley Meares

March is Women’s History month, and all the movies we cover this month will be directed by women! To kick things off, we’re leaning into the “history” part, and going back to 1953 to cover the most popular film from a truly pioneering director (and prolific actor), the one and only Ida Lupino. It’s The Bigamist, with our special guest, a journalist covering culture and history, Hadley Hall Meares (hadleymeares.com)!

What’s Good

Alonso - Stephen Rebello’s new book Hitchcockian Thrillers (stephen-rebello.com/hitchcockian-thrillers)

Drea - Canada Dry Strawberry Fruit Splash Ginger Ale Zero Sugar

Hadley - Jane Fonda’s My Life So Far (penguinrandomhouse.com/books/54251/my-life-so-…)(for Vanity Fair’s Old Hollywood Book Club (vanityfair.com/topic/old-hollywood-book-club))

Kevin - Brand new cast iron skillet

ITIDIC

• Lost Melies Film Found in the Library of Congress (blogs.loc.gov/loc/2026/02/lost-19th-century-fi…)

• Alan Cumming, Bowen Yang, Lena Waithe, Adam Goldman Head New LGBTQ Film Initiative (hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alan-c…)

• SAG’s Renamed ‘Actor Awards’ Air Live on Netflix (vulture.com/article/actor-awards-sag-2026-reca…)

Movie Quiz Letterboxd List: “The [Blank}ist” (boxd.it/SZB2W$rDF6gqKNTP6311lp)

Staff Picks

Drea - André is an Idiot (justwatch.com/us/movie/andre-is-an-idiot)

Alonso - Micki & Maude (justwatch.com/us/movie/micki-and-maude)

Hadley - My Favorite Wife (justwatch.com/us/movie/my-favorite-wife)

Kevin - Bottoms (justwatch.com/us/movie/bottoms)

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Drea Clark (twitter.com/thedreaclark)
Alonso Duralde (bsky.app/profile/aduralde.bsky.social)
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart (instagram.com/flaxbart)
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher (twitter.com/swish)